- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2075
Roper, Edna Sirius
(1913 – 1986)- Born 21 July, 1913, Alberton South Australia Australia
- Died 8 October, 1986, Leura New South Wales Australia
- Occupation Homemaker, Jeweller, Parliamentarian
Summary
Edna Roper was an ALP member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for over twenty years. She was elected in 1957 and then re-elected in 1970. She served as Deputy Leader of the Opposition between 3/12/1973 -13/5/1976 (2 years 5 months 11 days) and was Deputy Leader of Government between 14/5/1976 – 17/10/1978 (2 years 5 months 4 days). She was a delegate to the International Women’s Year conference in Mexico in 1975.
Published resources
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Site Exhibition
- Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches: Women Candidates for the New South Wales Parliament, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2006, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html
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Resource
- Trove: Roper, Edna Sirius (19130719-19861008), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-747075